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many of you are applauding the defense of u.s. ambassador susan rice. hank from las vegas says why are republican men always picking on democratic women like susan rice? this makes them appear very week. and denise thinks senator grahams and mack cane are still smarting over the 2008 loss. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> it's like earning capital. you asked do i feel free. let me put it to you this way. i earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now i intend to spend it. >> the good ol' day, president bush flaunting his political capital in 2004. since last tuesday, republicans hav
many of you are applauding the defense of u.s. ambassador susan rice. hank from las vegas says why are republican men always picking on democratic women like susan rice? this makes them appear very week. and denise thinks senator grahams and mack cane are still smarting over the 2008 loss. we'll have all the details next. stay with us. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's...
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that's the reality of the u.s. senate. so it seems to me and i think a lot of other people that the president and senator mccain need to get together, you know, not have a beer summit, maybe drink something harder, and, you know, try to work this out and establish some kind of relationship on behalf of the american public. >> mccain has not shown any interest to work anything out with the president, and i think we can hold our breath on this one. thank you, jonathan alter. great to have you us with tonight. >> thanks, ed. >>> next up, mitt romney talks to big money donors and doubles down on his talk of the nation's 47%. >>> and then the rps never dreamed that they would end up seeing this. the new class of women has arrived on capitol hill. we'll talk to one of the new senators who fourgt one of the toughest races in the nation and won on the prairie. >>> welcome backed to ed show. thanks for staying with us tonight. president obama wasn't the only one speaking out today. the mr. mitt romney held a conference call with hi
that's the reality of the u.s. senate. so it seems to me and i think a lot of other people that the president and senator mccain need to get together, you know, not have a beer summit, maybe drink something harder, and, you know, try to work this out and establish some kind of relationship on behalf of the american public. >> mccain has not shown any interest to work anything out with the president, and i think we can hold our breath on this one. thank you, jonathan alter. great to have...
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the u.s. census says more than half of the growth in the total population over the last ten years was due to the increase in the hispanic population in america. but the white guys in the republican party, they don't want to deal with the new demographic truth. >> white establishment is now the minority. and the voters, many of them, feel that this economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. you're going to see a tremendous hispanic vote for president obama. overwhelming black vote for president obama, and women will probably break president obama's way. people feel that they are entitled to things, and which candidate between the two is going to give them things? >> so out of touch. this is the emotional disconnect for the republicans. voters don't want stuff. they want a candidate who gets it. one in five voters said the quality which mattered most was the candidate cares about people like me. they voted the for president obama over romney 81 to 18. president obama made a con
the u.s. census says more than half of the growth in the total population over the last ten years was due to the increase in the hispanic population in america. but the white guys in the republican party, they don't want to deal with the new demographic truth. >> white establishment is now the minority. and the voters, many of them, feel that this economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. you're going to see a tremendous hispanic vote for president obama. overwhelming...
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the trips to burma and cambodia represent the first visits by a sitting u.s. president to either of those countries ever. and on this pre-thanksgiving trip, he squeeze eed in a trip to our long standing ally in the region, thailand. the president is traveling in a part of the world that's important to the united states, vi
the trips to burma and cambodia represent the first visits by a sitting u.s. president to either of those countries ever. and on this pre-thanksgiving trip, he squeeze eed in a trip to our long standing ally in the region, thailand. the president is traveling in a part of the world that's important to the united states, vi
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joins me now is u.s. senator sherrod brown. we have nina turner coming up later on. >> i love watching nina on your show. >> i get you passionate ohio folks mixed up. >> that's okay. >> sherrod brown with us and mary kay henry, president of the services employment international union who met with the president today. i would be remiss, mary kay, if i did not ask you right off the bat, did the president say he was not going to budge on taxes? he did it once in 2010, and he won't do it again? >> the president was incredibly serious and focused and really relieved to hear that we are going to keep our ground game going, that our working people and community members all across this country are ready to have this fight and want to have the middle class tax cuts permanently extended. that's the action that congress can take right now. and then work together to make sure that the wealthiest americans pay their fair share so we can get back to work. >> well, did he tell the group that he was not going to budge on taxes? >> he was cryst
joins me now is u.s. senator sherrod brown. we have nina turner coming up later on. >> i love watching nina on your show. >> i get you passionate ohio folks mixed up. >> that's okay. >> sherrod brown with us and mary kay henry, president of the services employment international union who met with the president today. i would be remiss, mary kay, if i did not ask you right off the bat, did the president say he was not going to budge on taxes? he did it once in 2010, and...
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they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. even if it means destroying a great american institution in the process, they don't care. they want it privatized. let's turn to greg bell with the postal workers union. good to have you with us tonight. what's the number one thing that can be done right now to save the postal service as we know it? >> the one thing that must be done is to eliminate the unrealistic mandate that the postal service has to prefund retiree health care benefits for a 75-year period within a ten-year period. that's number one. that's the main cause of the postal service problems. as a matter of fact, that is the cause. if you remove that liability, the postal service would be able to assume the responsibility without any type of additional funds. >> i want to emphasize here that this is going to financially butcher small business in america, in rural america. what are they going to do? their shipping costs are going to go through the roof. their line item is going to go off the page because they won't be ab
they are hell bent on seeing the u.s. postal service die. even if it means destroying a great american institution in the process, they don't care. they want it privatized. let's turn to greg bell with the postal workers union. good to have you with us tonight. what's the number one thing that can be done right now to save the postal service as we know it? >> the one thing that must be done is to eliminate the unrealistic mandate that the postal service has to prefund retiree health care...
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john mccain supported u.s. air strikes in libya, but now a year and a half later, one republican is using the air strikes to attack president obama. texas congressman louie gohmert has cooked up a wild conspiracy theory about bombing libya. >> this administration sent planes and bombs and support to oust gadhafi so that al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood could take over libya. >> what? the administration, john mccain, and other republicans wanted u.s. air strikes on libya? they did it to oust a dictator who had american blood on his hands and was murdering his own people. and this crackpot from texas wants you to believe president obama was trying to help al qaeda? it's important to remember louie gohmert isn't a right wing blogger or a fox news host. he is a sitting united states congressman from texas. this guy has a very long and ugly history of disgusting rhetoric on a number of issues. >> i'm sure that there are people here who think abortion is okay. i don't want to make you sick, but i brought an aborti
john mccain supported u.s. air strikes in libya, but now a year and a half later, one republican is using the air strikes to attack president obama. texas congressman louie gohmert has cooked up a wild conspiracy theory about bombing libya. >> this administration sent planes and bombs and support to oust gadhafi so that al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood could take over libya. >> what? the administration, john mccain, and other republicans wanted u.s. air strikes on libya? they did...
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the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob corker in tennessee had a warning for the president. >> i would just ask the president to step back for a moment and realize that all of us here hold the secretary of state to a very different standard than most cabinet members. >> while republicans say they are concerned about susan rice advancing bad intel, they didn't think twice about confirming condoleezza rice as secretary of state. susan collins, lindsey graham and john mccain all voted to confirm condoleezza rice. who would support as the next secretary of state? >> i think john kerry would be a great appointment. >> if he is nominated and confirmed, it would wave the pay for a special election. democrats aren't worried. the president is not backing down from his support for the amba
the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania 14 years ago. >> it troubles me so much is the benghazi attack in many ways echos the attacks of those embassies in 1998 when susan rice was head of the african region for our state department. >> senator bob corker in tennessee had a warning for the president. >> i would just ask the president to step back for a moment and realize that all of us here hold the secretary of state to a very different standard than most cabinet...
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. >> when the you the have four people dead, including the first u.s. ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype? >> how many security contractors died in iraq? do you know? >> i don't. >> no, nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died but there was never an official count dochb security contractors dead in iraq. see when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i think number one, i've covered a lot of fire fights. it's impossible to figure out what happens in them sometimes. second i think that the emphasis on benghazi has been extremely political partly because fox was operating as a wing of the republican party. >> all right, tom risk. thanks for joining us today. >> you're welcome. >> let's turn to michael tomasky, special correspondent for news week and "the daily beast." that was one for the archives. your latest column is on mccain's attacks on susan rice. it's very pointed. these twos stories go together because i think clearly, john mccain has bought into the propaganda that fox was
. >> when the you the have four people dead, including the first u.s. ambassador in more than 30 years, how do you call that hype? >> how many security contractors died in iraq? do you know? >> i don't. >> no, nobody does because nobody cared. we know that several hundred died but there was never an official count dochb security contractors dead in iraq. see when i see this focus on what was essentially a small fire fight, i think number one, i've covered a lot of fire...